Dexter (name)
Dexter is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Surname
- Al Dexter, American country musician and songwriter
- Andrew Dexter, Jr., American financier and speculator
- Barrie Dexter, former senior Australia diplomat and public servant
- Bernie Dexter, American model and fashion designer
- Brad Dexter, Serbian-American actor
- Brad Dexter , Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Caroline Dexter, English-Australian writer and feminist
- Charles O. Dexter, American rhododendron hybridizer
- Colin Dexter, OBE, English crime writer
- Darrell Dexter, Canadian politician
- Elliott Dexter, American film and stage actor
- Felix Dexter, English actor, comedian, and writer
- Glen Dexter, Canadian sailor
- Gregory Dexter, Baptist minister and colonial president of the colony of Rhode Island
- Harry Dexter, English composer and arranger
- Henry Martyn Dexter, American clergyman and author
- Iris Dexter, Australian journalist and war correspondent
- James Dexter, American football offensive tackle
- Jeff Dexter, British disc jockey, club promoter, record producer and dancer
- Jerry Dexter, American voice actor
- Kristen Dexter, American politician from Wisconsin
- Mark Dexter, English actor
- Maury Dexter, American producer and director
- Michael Dexter, British haematologist
- Nancy Dexter, Australian journalist
- Neil Dexter, South African-born English cricketer
- Pete Dexter, American novelist
- Sally Dexter, English actress of stage and screen
- Samuel Dexter, American politician, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- Simon Newton Dexter, New York merchant and politician
- Steven Dexter, South African theatre director and writer
- Ted Dexter, Sussex and English test cricketer
- Terry Dexter, American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, actress and multi-instrumentalist
- Timothy Dexter, American businessman noted for his writing and eccentricity
- Walter Dexter, multiple people
- *Walter L. Dexter, American politician and farmer
Given name
- Dexter Blackstock, English football player
- Dexter Brown, British painter
- Dexter Curtis, American inventor and politician
- Dexter Dalwood, artist based in London
- Dexter M. Ferry, American businessman from Michigan
- Dexter M. Ferry, Jr., American politician from Michigan
- Dexter Fletcher, British actor
- Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
- Dexter Gordon, jazz tenor saxophonist
- Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring
- Dexter Horton, founder of the first bank in Seattle
- Dexter Lawrence, American football player
- Dexter McDougle, American football player
- Dexter Roberts, American country music singer
- Dexter Vines, American comic book artist and inker
- Dexter Williams, American football player
- Dexter Gore Jr, American rapper and songwriter
Fictional characters
- Dexter Morgan, a fictional serial killer/vigilante and blood spatter analyst created by writer Jeff Lindsay
- Ramone "Ray" Dexter, one half of gunshark duo Sinister Dexter featured in the British comics anthology 2000 AD
- Dexter, young version of the protagonist in the Space Ace video game
- Dexter "Dex" Barrington, a character in The Country Bears
- Dexter, now known as Dex-Starr, a member of the Red Lantern Corps in the DC Comics universe
- Dexter Walker, a character in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away
- Dexter Mulholland, a character from EastEnders
- Dexter Hartman, a character from EastEnders
- Dexter, a character from Dexter's Laboratory
- Dexter Douglas, the alter ego of the title character Freakazoid!
- Dexter, a monkey from the Night at the Museum film series, played by Crystal the Monkey
- Dexter Jettster, proprietor of Dex's Diner and criminal informant in.
- Charles Dexter Ward, central character of the cosmic horror novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft.
- Dexter Vex, a character from the Skulduggery Pleasant Series by Derek Landy
